Talked to the tech guys at Nosler yesterday and they said it is definitely a .404
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Talked to the tech guys at Nosler yesterday and they said it is definitely a .404
According to the case measurements as posted in # 31 the parent case would be a 375 Ruger if in fact those dimensions are correct.
Post # 31 duplicates the case head measurement of my new unfired 375 Ruger brass which is .532" for case head and rim edge,
My 404 Jeffery brass does have a slight variation between brands but measured in the same places they mike out at .542", .543" and .545" and this is for three different brands of 404 brass..... Hornady, A-Square, and Bertram in order of measurement.
I guess only time will tell....
That's not even close to being as fun to say
Nope, speaking from real life experience and trial, the Savage 114 magnum magazine will not hold three of the Ruger case, not even close! The mag. would need a major rework which ain't worth it. Mine was originally in .300 Win Mag remember. Don't want to buy a bunch of other mags.
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The 404 is Nosler's official answer.
If it is then the diagram in post #31 is out to lunch......
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I don't doubt that at all, its simply not adding up if you double check the measurements nor was I questioning where you found it.... I believe you and again Thank you for posting it.
After I miked my own new unfired 375 Ruger cases and also new unfired 404 Jeffery it seemed to me that the difference in case sizes ruled out the 404 and moreso when my measurement of the Ruger case mirrored the measurement in the diagram.
Really whatever it is won't matter because I won't be getting one..... I was just curious that's all.
The cartridge drawings on their website definitely show Ruger case dimensions not Jeffery's, which does surprise me, being a proprietary case. They must have struck a deal with Horn to make their brass for them as they are the only company making beltless .532 base brass that I know of at this time. Assuming the dimensions on their website are correct, one can make all the brass they need from 300 WM, neck down, load and fireform..........voila, 26 Nosler !!!!
Not the Dakota per say, but I have built a 7mmX68 30 deg imp, which has the same case capacity as the Dakota. I have also built and hunted with a 7mm-300WM and a 7mm-300 Wby. All very similar cartridges the 68 based case has identical capacity to the 300 WM based case and the Wby a little more. The little extra length of the 68 and 300 WM give it exactly the same capacity as the Dakota of which I have 50 cases I got right from Dakota. When I queried them as to manufacturer I was told Norma. I looked at playing with the 2.5" 404 based case as Rem went full size and Win went super stubby and only Dakota went 2.5". However they may have a patent or proprietary rights which may preclude the biggies from using the 2.5" 404 case. Anyway I never did go with the 2.5" 404 case as forming from RUM is very difficult and requires a lot of steps and Dakota brass was very expensive indeed. I have somewhere over 500 300 WM cases in W-W and several hundred RWS 8X68 cases so no need to get into the Dakota lineup.
Really the only 3 calibers that interested me on the 2.5" 404 case were the 375, 416 and 458. The 458 is the old 460 G&A short so it's been well wrung out many years back.
No one this year.
If you go to the nosler26 site blargon links to above, get rid of the video and scroll down there's a pick my rifle thing. It appears they're collecting data that they'll share with the rifle manufacturers. If you pick a rifle you see the 'poll' it looks like Savage and Remington have the most votes right now.
Full stock?
Hey, a 9.3 WSM might be a helluva cartridge in a 20" barreled full stock.....................HHHMMMMMMM !!!!! Kinda a big brother to a 350 RM.................270s at 2800 fps...........COOOOOOL !!!! I built a 375 on a 350 RM case in a Ruger short action
once, with an 18" barrel that did nearly 2800 with 270s, the WSM should do all of that................ Three gun worldwide hunting battery..........300 WSM, 9.3 WSM and 416 WSM, all 20" full stocked in AAA fancy on a lengthened short Remington action with sights, PT&G Oberndorf bottom metal and low mounted Zeiss scopes.................Won't quite be worldwide as the boltface won't accommodate the 234 Penguin...........
Bit of a tangent , sorry OP
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